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Blizzard Conditions Possible in the Northeast

A powerful nor'easter took shape off the mid-Atlantic coast on Sunday night. Forecasters say to "buckle up" as the winter storm will be a long-duration event for some areas and unload an AccuWeather Local StormMax™ of up to 36 inches. The system will lash parts of the Northeast into the middle of the week with a slew of different hazards. Winter storm warnings and winter weather advisories were in effect across the Northeast as snow and ice began breaking out across the region Sunday. By early Monday morning, 2-5 inches of snow had fallen across a broad swath stretching from the southern Appalachians to eastern Pennsylvania and central New Jersey. Higher amounts were observed in the mountains of North Carolina, Virginia, West Virginia and Maryland. On Sunday night, New Jersey and New York City issued state of emergencies and New York City put travel restrictions in place to keep nonessential personnel off the roads. This first wave of snow was a result of a storm that swept through the Midwest and Ohio Valley over the weekend, unleashing major disruptions in places like Chicago. This storm has since been in the process of weakening. But, as AccuWeather meteorologists predicted days ago, a secondary storm was beginning to take shape off the southeastern coast of Virginia Sunday night. "The coastal storm will then become the dominant storm of the two, strengthening into a full-blown nor'easter along the Atlantic coast," AccuWeather Senior Meteorologist Danny Pydynowski said. As the two storms interact with one another, a broad area of snow will stretch from the Ohio Valley and southern Appalachians to the mid-Atlantic and New England. KTVB